... This type of star cluster is called an "open" or "galactic" cluster and typically has a few hundred young bright members. ... The redness of the surrounding emission nebula gas is caused by electrons recombining with hydrogen nuclei, while the dark ...
... This type of star cluster is called an "open" or "galactic" cluster and typically has a few hundred young bright members. ... The redness of the surrounding emission nebula gas is caused by electrons recombining with hydrogen nuclei, while the dark ...
... About 10,000 light-years distant, both represent young, open star clusters formed in interstellar clouds and still embedded in glowing hydrogen gas. ...
... Bright stars from the Snowflake cluster dot the field. ... These stars soon heat up and destroy the gas and dust mountains in which they formed. ...
... Formed at the same time from the same cloud of dust and gas, all the stars of M34 are about 200 million years young. ... But like any open star cluster orbiting in the plane of our galaxy , M34 will eventually disperse as it experiences ...
... and standard solar models had given one star in the open cluster Pismis 24 over 200 times the mass of our Sun, making it a ... This star is the brightest object located just to the right of the gas front in the above image . ...
... and standard solar models had given one star in the open cluster Pismis 24 over 200 times the mass of our Sun, making it a ... This star is the brightest object located just above the gas front in the above image . ...
... Elliptical galaxies are ellipsoidal in shape, contain no spiral arms , contain little interstellar gas or dust , and are found mostly in rich clusters of galaxies . ...
... Elliptical galaxies are ellipsoidal in shape, contain no spiral arms , contain little interstellar gas or dust , and are found mostly in rich clusters of galaxies . ...